One of the best selling books in Spain in 2011 the novel follows a young Spanish woman who flees Spain for Morocco with her lover only to transform herself into a prestigious seamstress and undercover agent for the Allies during World War II. Also entitled The Time In Between and originally El tiempo entre costuras, this is “a wonderful novel, in the good old tradition, with intrigue, love, mystery and tender, audacious and well-drawn characters” (Mario Vargas Llosa).